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Joel Biederman, with USDA's Agricultural Research Service in Tucson, Arizona, saying that the documented longer periods between rains in the West over the last fifty years could be a contributing factor to recent years with more numerous and severe wildfires.

Joel Biederman, with USDA's Agricultural Research Service in Tucson, Arizona, saying that the just released study on drought in the West is taken from actual daily weather data over fifty years from 337 weather stations.

The President's plan for investment in infrastructure includes so-called "green" infrastructure. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Attitudes about trade with Cuba have done a good many U-Turns over the last half century. (Gary Crawford. Former Eisenhower Press Secretary James Hagerty. Former Secretary of State John Kerry. Former President Donald Trump. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack saying, among other things, that agriculture could help to improve overall relations with Cuba.

How can producers better measure their crop yields, and what it costs to generate those yields, to create a greater measure of productivity and profitability? (Rod Bain and Allan Gray of Purdue University)

The pace of corn planting is on par with the five year average and last year. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

The condition of the nation's winter wheat crop improved over the winter. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, has a detailed look at the nation's winter wheat condition.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, says winter wheat heading nationwide is slightly ahead of average.